Cas Mudde: “O termo populismo não é apenas um eufemismo. Falta-lhe clareza e temos termos melhores para descrever o mesmo fenômeno”

Abstract

n this interview, Cas Mudde, one of the most influential political scientists in the United States and an international reference in the study of populism and right-wing extremism, criticizes the concept of populism and emphasizes why his current work is focused on the concept of far-right. Mudde also compares the far-right in the Global South and the Global North and explains what he understands by mainstreaming and normalization. Finally, the political scientist warns about the threats to liberal democracy.